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The great Trump problem for the Republicans – politicalbetting.com
The great Trump problem for the Republicans – politicalbetting.com
GUARDIAN EDITORIAL: Trump is unpopular enough to lose but popular enough to run in 2024 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/WcA6Ba4SEf
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https://twitter.com/DanVevers/status/1366501963563757572
I suspect Leslie Evans will be soon gone.
Although there is a certain sort of bully who insists on that sort of thing. I seem to remember Robert Maxwell had a dislike for paper notes
If however by 2024 the Biden-Harris administration is unpopular and with an approval rating well below 50% he may not only run and win the nomination, he could win the general election too
Remember Mystic Gin predicted a fall from grace for Nicola in 2021 on NYE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNKjShmHw7s
https://twitter.com/itsgabrielleu/status/1366513880080338947
In the US there’s a legal obligation to retain such written records - what are the rules here ?
Opening paragraph is oddly equivocal though
SCOTLAND’S top civil servant may have destroyed notes of a meeting with Nicola Sturgeon linked to the Alex Salmond probe, documents obtained by The Scottish Sun suggest
So they have....
https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1366516864340226048?s=20
All these poor overlooked overkingdoms.
"Why the next flu season may be worse than ever: There have been barely any cases this winter thanks to Covid restrictions. But now experts fear this will leave us dangerously exposed"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9314063/Why-flu-season-worse-Experts-fear-year-leave-exposed.html
However, I'm not convinced that a 78 year old Trump will be more appealing to voters than the 74 year old one was. And parties in the midst of a civil war are rarely attractive to voters.
My working assumption is that the Republicans are back on the Trump train for now, but this plays badly in 2022, and that they fail to retake the House and fall back in the Senate.
At this point, Trump loyalists like Hawley stab him in the back by saying "thanks for your service Donald but it's time we took over..."
In 2022, a Trumpesque but not Trump Republican stands a good chance. HOWEVER, Trump is not a team player. He has shown zero desire to be kingmaker and every desire to be king. So who knows.
There's also this.
Processes must be in place to make sure that records pending audit, litigation or investigation are not destroyed.
https://twitter.com/henrymance/status/1366519546694291456?s=20
If she really did, then she needs to go on the grounds of gross incompetence.
https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1366495160679424000
Radek Kotlarek was on a walk with his wife and son when they were stopped
Officers asked them why they were not at home and demanded personal details
Radek refused and he was then handcuffed and arrested by the police officers "
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9313353/Outrage-police-handcuff-ARREST-man-walking-wife.html
Your view seems to be that one electorate can bind another.
Let's go with a ridiculous example. In 2024, the LibDems win 70% of the popular vote and every seat in the House of Commons on a policy of having a referendum on EU membership.*
In those circumstances, do we deny the electorate what they have voted for? Under what moral basis can the people of yesterday, deny the people of today the right to their own choices?
* Note: this is not an actual prediction
Where in the law are Wessex and Mercia defined as legacy states? Probably in the same place as the "kingdom of England" is defined. 🙄
If Northern Ireland went there'd be no UK, not that it matters since GB would be the continuity of the UK. If Scotland goes the name might remain UK.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/businessman-strip-searched-cops-after-19938639
"Deepfake videos of Tom Cruise watched by millions" (£)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/deepfake-videos-of-tom-cruise-watched-by-millions-tr8lkmfdk
If Scotland left there would be no UK, Northern Ireland is a province not a Kingdom as Ireland was
The UK government however would have the final say on when a referendum should be allowed in terms of Scottish independence while it remains part of the UK
The Kingdom of Mercia does not exist anymore. Northumbria going independent wouldn't bring it back automatically.
The Kingdom of England does not exist anymore. Scotland going independent wouldn't bring it back automatically.
That is a different scenario, so I will ignore it.
I'll restate the Scotland point again.
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It's not hard - if you believe in the supremacy of Westminster as you have often asserted, the answer is obviously no, the LDs could do as they wanted in that scenario. If because it is a different scenario the 4 decades thing doesn't count, then the answer would also still presumably be no.
The scenario was also a referendum on EU membership, not a referendum to leave the EU.
https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1366520391200628738?s=20
"An ally of Mr Johnson last night defended the charity plan, saying: 'Downing Street is as iconic as Windsor Castle but is in danger of becoming tatty because the Civil Service does everything on the cheap."
If Wales went independent the Kingdom of England would change to remove Wales but England would not cease to exist as Wales was only added to it by Edward 1st 3 centuries after the original Kingdom of England was created
Number 10 doesn't belong to Johnson, though he may live there for many, many years to come, it belongs to the state. Any refurbishments done stay with the state.
So there's no reason why the state shouldn't pay for it.
But if donors want to pay for it instead of the tax payer then that's fine by me. Let our taxes be spent on something else.
What's the problem?
And his jaunty smile. It's the first thing I would have thought too, looking at that.
*thud*
I think the problem is fairly obvious, especially for someone with Johnsons past performance. BJ turning this country into a third rate banana republic at speed.
England could lose Northumbria and if the rest of the country wanted to be called England and Northumbria had no issue with that there'd be no dispute. History be damned it would be part of the history books.
Much of what made up Germany when it was founded in 1871 is not a part of modern day Germany. Parts of Germany (1871) is now in Poland, Lithuania, France and other countries. It doesn't matter, the modern state is still called Germany even if much of 1871 Germany is now in other countries.
Germany losing elements of itself, even founding parts, didn't end the name. Nor would England losing Northumbria.
I think I've got that right.
So the USA is a third rate banana republic?
(Sorry)
Well, someone's having a laugh.....
Besides he's learnt the lessons and the borders are currently closed. Its illegal to go on a holiday overseas currently, you can only travel for an "essential" reason though no doubt people take the piss.
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/popapersguidance2009.pdf
And, of course, there's also the Ministerial Code.
Originally LBJ in the 60s, but the current scheme was largely revamped by First Lady Carter in the 70s.
Germany today has at least part of all the Kingdoms, Duchies and cities that originally created it in 1871 and in most cases all of them.
If England however lost all of the old Northumbria, Wessex or Mercia it would no longer be England, much as the United States would no longer really be the USA if it lost the 13 colonies that originally created it.
Or would you like to adopt those, too ?
As Salmond laughs last, whilst feeding from the extensive cold buffet of revenge.
The idea England could be compelled to become the Kingdom of Mercia is the most delusional thing I think I've ever heard you say - and that's a lot. All because you're too pigheaded stubborn to admit you're wrong.
Goodnight all.
https://www.liberation.fr/politique/macron-le-pen-le-barrage-mal-barre-20210226_27LAT6ZRAVA7RFZOYPDDEAIX7E/
(And if Scotland goes, presumably NI goes too.)
Now as an Englishman of Anglo-Scots descent, I have no particular problem with that. I like Scotland, but also like Ireland, and I don't have to be in a political union with it to go on liking it. It's not going to be any less adjacent upon gaining independence. It'll still be two and a half hours up the M6. England will be financially richer without Scotland, but strategically poorer - we will no longer control such a swathe of the North Atlantic. But the point is, if Scotland wants to go it alone, it's really up to them.
But the big question remains - does 'England and Wales' still go on being called the UK? Or 'England and Wales'? And what does the flag look like - some kind of St. George's Cross / Welsh Dragon hybrid? I love the Welsh flag - it is one of the best flags in the world - but it would be odd to have the red dragon which, I believe, symbolises the fight against the white dragon of the English, on a flag representing Wales AND England. The only real way to resolve all this would be for England to declare independence from Wales.
In all seriousness, while I'd mentally bid adieu to Scotland some time ago - and I haven't actually been since the noughties (are the English still welcome in Scotland these days?) - the last few weeks has awoken a nostalgic unionism. Maybe I liked Britain better when it was all one country. Before 1997 I rarely used the word England; I called myself British, and only ever used England when talking about sport. I had a board game when I was young - the Great Game of Britain - in which one travelled by train around the UK visiting either major visitor attractions or places significant to the history of rail. It never occurred to me in those days not to think of Scotland, Wales and NI as part of the same country. Scottish culture was part of my culture; a trip to Inverness no more or less exotic or exciting than a trip to Great Yarmouth or Penzance or Bangor. The sound of the bagpipes was unmistakably Scottish, but also unmistakably British. Nowadays, my mental map of home stops at the River Tweed. I half wonder if there is a way to return to the days - if they really existed - when we were one country. Sadly, I suspect not - the direction of devolution is one-way, the Scottish establishment and culture now seems firmly in the hands of the nationalists, and English unionism gave up caring some time ago.
BTW, I agree with pretty much all you said. Perhaps the rUK flag for England and Wales should be one of the two dragons fighting?
You'd have to be pretty naive to think personal favours to the PM are done for purely altruistic reasons and, while you can't stop people being nice to you, getting into the game of asking people to buy you stuff is inviting trouble.
Your argument that otherwise it would fall on the taxpayer is weak. The donors could pay to have a local school hall refurbished - that would otherwise fall on the taxpayer. The reason they'd rather pay for scatter cushions for Johnson is obvious.
Good news.
On the flag issue, I had thought of the two dragons! It wouldn't necessarily be a terribly inspiring national metaphor, if you drilled into it beyond any level of superficiality. But it would look fucking awesome.
https://twitter.com/geoffaberdein/status/1366500150210928642?s=20